Livien Yin’s first solo museum exhibition merges archival research with contemporary and historical subjects

Livien Yin (b. 1990, Boston, Massachusetts; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY), The Comma Between, 2024. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Michael Yuan. Photo: Joerg Lohse. STANFORD, CALIF.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is pleased to present Livien Yin: Thirsty, the first solo museum exhibition of Brooklyn-based Chinese-American artist and Stanford MFA ’19 alum Livien Yin. On view until February 2, 2025, the exhibition features new and recent paintings by Yin that reflect their research-driven approach to creating imaginative reconstructions of contemporary subjects alongside historical Asian Americans and their environments. Livien Yin: Thirsty is one of three 2024 exhibitions of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI)-a cross-disciplinary, institutional commitment at Stanford University dedicated to the study of artists and makers of Asian descent-curated by AAAI co-founder, Associate Curator Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander with Kathryn Cua, curatorial assistant for the AAAI.

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